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Vandals Flip Smart Cars Over in San Francisco
NBC Bay Area ^ | 4/7/2014 | Lisa Fernandez

Posted on 04/07/2014 5:28:02 PM PDT by RightGeek

Someone's been vandalizing compact Smart cars in San Francisco, flipping the tiny vehicles on their front and rear ends in the city's streets.

NBC Bay Area found four of the targeted Smart cars between Sunday night and Monday morning. Two were found in the Bernal Heights neighborhood on Anderson Street, and another was found a bit south on Sweeny and Bowdoin streets, closer to the Portola district. They were either sitting on their headlights, rear bumpers high in the air, or vice versa.

A fourth Smart car -- a small white one with a faded "Obama-Biden" bumper sticker -- was discovered Monday about 9 a.m. at Coso and Prospect avenues between the Mission District and Bernal Heights.

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The exact motives behind the vandalism are unclear. The diminutive cars are smaller and lighter than most vehicles. A Smart car weighs about 1,500 pounds; a Ford Focus S Sedan weighs close to 3,000 pounds, and a Hummer clocks in at 8,600 pounds -- definitely a heft that would pose a flipping challenge.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: cartipping; sanfrancisco; smartcars; smartcartipping
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To: Grams A

Smart Car vs Freight Train; the outcome will surprise you:

http://tinyurl.com/lobn8pc


41 posted on 04/07/2014 6:07:30 PM PDT by Pelham (If you do not deport it is amnesty by default.)
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To: Huskrrrr

The local Clown’s Union will be pissed. Somebody stop me!


No way.

Unlike those poor cars you seem to be on a roll.

;-)


42 posted on 04/07/2014 6:11:53 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: TaMoDee

Hubby did the same thing back in the day with Bugs,,would get friends and move it across the street, or turn it around 180 degrees....only did it a couple times.

They were total brats,,but didn’t break anything or hurt anyone.


43 posted on 04/07/2014 6:14:09 PM PDT by austinaero
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To: RightGeek

Are they sure it wasn’t a gust of wind?


44 posted on 04/07/2014 6:17:11 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Huskrrrr

My cousin’s husband on Long Island, NY calls them “stupid cars.”

I call them “Get in to an accident and you get to meet Jesus” cars.


45 posted on 04/07/2014 6:30:51 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (I don't want to feel "safe." I want to feel FREE!)
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To: colorado tanker
I know this is wrong, but I can’t stop myself from laughing.

Back when I was in high school our drivers ed teacher (remember when that was a class given at school?) drove a tiny Fiat spyder, he was also the JV football coach and at least twice a month a group would pick up his little car and put it up against the classroom door sideways. There was no phone and just a little window above the door. Always good for a laugh.

46 posted on 04/07/2014 6:40:10 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: TaMoDee
When the VW Bug was very popular in the 1950-60’s we would move the front ends up on curbs or whatever was handy.

We parallel parked our Ag teacher's VW Bug between two busses on a regular basis. Some football players carried one to the second floor and parked it in front of the school office.

47 posted on 04/07/2014 6:43:19 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
I like the comment in the comment section from one Michael Bush... "I'll bet it was a little girl.....acting alone"

very funny

48 posted on 04/07/2014 6:46:19 PM PDT by Hatteras
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To: RightGeek
Practice makes perfect...


49 posted on 04/07/2014 6:56:25 PM PDT by null and void (Politics: Voting for the monkeys that are better at flinging poo at their opponents...)
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To: RightGeek

If 4 SUVs had been flipped, it wouldn’t have made the news.


50 posted on 04/07/2014 6:56:31 PM PDT by aimhigh (John 14:21)
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To: RightGeek

“How do they know it was vandals?? A mosquito might’ve landed on the windshield, farted, and blown the thing over...”

From the comments section. LOL


51 posted on 04/07/2014 6:57:42 PM PDT by Clay Moore ("To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." ~Voltaire)
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To: RightGeek

These flipped smrt cars are ART.

Art that brings tears to the eyes and joy to the heart!


52 posted on 04/07/2014 7:01:07 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Clay Moore
How do they know it was vandals??

Cause the vandals took the handles.

53 posted on 04/07/2014 7:02:06 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: RightGeek

Is this really “vandalism” or is it more of a prank?

I heard a story from a friend once (it was like 3rd hand, so I’m not sure it is true) - two people were driving over the Verrazano Bridge in a VW bug and the car was blown over by the wind. They just got out and righted it and went on their merry way.


54 posted on 04/07/2014 7:25:53 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: dfwgator; RightGeek
Watch it, you may hear, "You outta know, you'uz ere !" in spite of being no where near SF.

Yeah, sounds like a new twist on Mater's pass time in the movie, "Cars". I guess they'll have to edit those scenes out of the movie since I don't see how they could be modified the way Spielberg edited the guns out of "E.T." and replaced them with hand held radios.

Another case of people imitating the evil behavior they saw in a movie. Why can't movies stick to murder, rape, and senseless violence, like they're supposed to? No one ever imitates those things.

55 posted on 04/07/2014 7:34:17 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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To: Pelham

“The Citroen 2CV...”

Man, there was sure a lot of ugly in that car. Sort of looked like a motorized tool shed.


56 posted on 04/07/2014 7:45:54 PM PDT by beelzepug ((you can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it))
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To: beelzepug

““The Citroen 2CV...”Man, there was sure a lot of ugly in that car. Sort of looked like a motorized tool shed.”

Ugly but fun. Wish I had had the chance to own one, but no joy. The ugly:

http://tinyurl.com/mvds6ss

But I did get to ride in one when I was a middle schooler- the seats were lightweight pipe affairs with fabric stretched across and the roof was all sunroof. Very cool.

And check this out- 2CV racing! Could it get any better??

http://tinyurl.com/mbvymar


57 posted on 04/07/2014 7:57:15 PM PDT by Pelham (If you do not deport it is amnesty by default.)
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To: cuban leaf
Where I am now, I enjoy it all the way to work (62 miles one way) every day.

128 miles one way commute daily for me for the last 24 years.

79 more commutes to go.

58 posted on 04/07/2014 8:01:46 PM PDT by Mogger (Independence, better fuel economy and performance with American made synthetic oil.)
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To: dfwgator

Johnny’s in the basement mixing up the medicine


59 posted on 04/07/2014 8:05:33 PM PDT by Pelham (If you do not deport it is amnesty by default.)
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Sorta like cow tipping. Cool!


60 posted on 04/07/2014 8:07:44 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin
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